four.cycle
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patented?
or trademarked?
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or trademarked?
rust in the eye
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$60 (!) for a grill brush? Please
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This weeks arrivals:
four.cycle
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come on, man.....
hell, I've used old pieces of cedar shakes for cleaning barbecue grills... are you nuts?
stockerwithalocker
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I’m not affiliated with him or disagreeing with you it’s spendy. The neat part about it is it’s all made in the US.
MichaelP
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It's not 100% made in the USA, and his video and himself sound pathetic. A lot of "patriotic" words, baseless claims, fear mongering, and competitors bashing, but no demo or any explanation of why his product is better.
I can assure you that the scrubber will not work well on a regular grill grid. It may work on a pan, but even then a piece of stainless cloth (similar to the one he uses) will work better without being stretched on a base. That's what I use for cast iron pans and griddles.
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Markoos
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Why two battery systems?This weeks arrivals:
It says PAT. On the red part. I searched but didn’t com up with anything. Wilmar holds a lot of patents. The black packaging had a patent number on it, but it turned out to be for the packaging itself. Sometimes I wonder why so much money goes to patent lawyers? I assume this one has to be a design patent, but who knows.
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1.) Are you new here? It’s Garage Journal.
2.) Bosch doesn’t make as many specialized tools as other brands here in the USA , such as Makita/Milwaukee.
3.) See line 1.
slik560
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20% off lured me into Harbor Freight today
Picked up some blades and the extremely scary seasonal bucket from Home Depot. Then a beater square from Harbor Freight because I was already there to get a couple of their 55gal bags for someone.
The Diablo stuff makes me think I'd been previously cutting with Ea-nāṣir's finest copper blades.
Ha!
Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir - Wikipedia
I have the 1/2" version. I use it on my breaker bar to loosen lugnuts. It seems to work fairly well. I lubed mine as well. I've had it for about a year and have used it about 6-10 times.I bought this because it was $10, and I was surprised someone like Performance Tool, would go after such a small market. They sell 700 of these a month on Amazon apparently, so not as small as I would have guessed. No idea what is patented on this 24 tooth ratcheting adapter. Apparently, I way over paid, because it frequently goes for $7.00 delivered. Garage sale type pricing to your door. The center position locks the rotation by engaging both Pawls with the cam machined into the red piece. I doubt I will ever use this but it was interesting to take apart. Responded well to some light lube.
Shoreline_
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Work paid for it. I wouldn't in a million years buy an adjustable wrench - especially a Snapon lol.
Work paid for it. I wouldn't in a million years buy an adjustable wrench - especially a Snapon lol.
Now you've got to buy the counterclockwise version!
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Time for some not-Sears Craftsman French wrenches made in Taiwan!
Craftsman V series, red metric, black SAE. These are for keeping at a friend's house in a remote location.
Ebay, metric $55.40, SAE $58.06, shipping (same guy) $14.14.
7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19mm.
1/4, 5/16, 11/32, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4, 7/8, 15/16 in.
Wot a bargain.
Craftsman V series, red metric, black SAE. These are for keeping at a friend's house in a remote location.
Ebay, metric $55.40, SAE $58.06, shipping (same guy) $14.14.
7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19mm.
1/4, 5/16, 11/32, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4, 7/8, 15/16 in.
Wot a bargain.
I have lots of adjustables, I think the only one I paid for was my 18" Williams, bought used for a reasonable price, I wanted it and makes me happy when I get to use it.Work paid for it. I wouldn't in a million years buy an adjustable wrench - especially a Snapon lol.
Some new stuff for my travels to a remote location. Another solar panel, this time for the mower battery.
An aluminum clipboard, hoping to save weight in my travel bag. $12, Amazon. Verdict: thin! Flimsy! And exactly the same weight as my Wal-Mart masonite clipboards with the same exact clip! 7.8 ounces. Saves a tiny bit of interior volume in my shoulder bag, but not the weight loss I had hoped for.
Another set of Channellock stripper/crimpers for my road bag, as the road bag pair got moved to the remote location.
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I wish it were illegal to name a product or company "*** USA" when the products are not domestic. Seems deceptive labeling that is ridiculously common. Although I guess at this point, most everyone realizes it is a lie and most everything of this nature is not domestic production in any realistic sense. I am also irked by the "designed in America" labeling that acts like some corporate office telling the international engineers and production crew what they want takes high precedence. Right. Sure thing.
I found the metric set at Ross about a year back. So far it's the only time I kept the little carrier tray, they were onto something with those. Nice wrenches.
More gear for the remote house. All purchases Amazon, can track down links upon request.
A firewood carrier, appears sturdy, low $20ish range, which is cheap for such a sling. Some "fireplace gloves" with good reviews but I later realized, "Shop for welding gloves dummy!", that would be a little cheaper, and HF has good reviews on theirs. Some no-name knock offs of the Channellock PVC/oil filter pliers. El cheapo pocket pry bars, one for the shop here, two as gifts for friends. A Milton air chuck. Wells-Lamont leather work gloves, size: me. The Ignatz (IGAN) $8ish flush cutters. Channellock stripper-crimpers. Tire pressure gauge, not my usual level of quality but still nicer than a pencil gauge. Jiggle-valve siphon hose.
A few weeks before we got there, an acquaintance who was staying there was texting us freaking out about not finding a tape measure. Which I found... odd. I could have sworn there were two there. I fired this order off because the price was right, and a good name brand.
"Blade control" disc means that black/yellow disc rotates as the tape retracts and you can control retraction speed one-handed with finger pressure. Meh.
The usual dining room hutch measuring tape now placed in an upright position for spotting during future crises.
(Bottom left corner shadows, yeah, I bought another pair of HF/Quinn wee electrician's scissors, and brought another pair as a gift for a friend.)
A firewood carrier, appears sturdy, low $20ish range, which is cheap for such a sling. Some "fireplace gloves" with good reviews but I later realized, "Shop for welding gloves dummy!", that would be a little cheaper, and HF has good reviews on theirs. Some no-name knock offs of the Channellock PVC/oil filter pliers. El cheapo pocket pry bars, one for the shop here, two as gifts for friends. A Milton air chuck. Wells-Lamont leather work gloves, size: me. The Ignatz (IGAN) $8ish flush cutters. Channellock stripper-crimpers. Tire pressure gauge, not my usual level of quality but still nicer than a pencil gauge. Jiggle-valve siphon hose.
A few weeks before we got there, an acquaintance who was staying there was texting us freaking out about not finding a tape measure. Which I found... odd. I could have sworn there were two there. I fired this order off because the price was right, and a good name brand.
"Blade control" disc means that black/yellow disc rotates as the tape retracts and you can control retraction speed one-handed with finger pressure. Meh.
The usual dining room hutch measuring tape now placed in an upright position for spotting during future crises.
(Bottom left corner shadows, yeah, I bought another pair of HF/Quinn wee electrician's scissors, and brought another pair as a gift for a friend.)
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Ditto, I normally have no interest in such things, but for a tool bag or portable box, these are great organizers. Those FACOM fellers use their noodles.
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One service kit I use at work comprising of a large quad ring a three small o rings is marked as made in China and assembled in the USA, really?
"Tossed into a plastic bag with PRIDE in MURKA."
On the bright side, the world does love our hickory trees for hammer handles. Sometimes the handle is installed here? Sometimes the hickory leaves and comes back in a hammer or hatchet.
"This hammer assembled in USA with global component."
Jarhead0408
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I agree with you and avoid those companies as best I can.
Jarhead0408
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A few offerings from PIPE VISE based on my brothers's recommendation. I could've used that bottom surface usable version a few years back. Having to clamp the mounting base of a small table vise to a table, instead of using this tools layout to my advantage *****. Way easier to let the tool help you than to have to fight it.
A few more Martin and Fairmont offerings to round out the growing metal bodywork selection. I buy this stuff based on a hunch that it'll expand my repertoire of skills and though it might take a few years to come into fruition, it always does. These were sourced from "Ye Good Old Bay of "E's"."
And another large shipment from Harry J. Epstein. Thanks Jori. Pleasure to talk with you on the phone for a bit. Dollies, picks, hammers, files & rasps, and I can always use some hard handled, square shanked pry ba...I mean screwdrivers.
I also picked up o e of those thin jawed TOP adjustable wrenches feom HJE as well. For a tool of such vintage origin, I am glad that so many folks still use them and inovate on the original design. They are versatile.
That's all folks. Gotta go open up the packages for next weeks post haha.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend.
A few more Martin and Fairmont offerings to round out the growing metal bodywork selection. I buy this stuff based on a hunch that it'll expand my repertoire of skills and though it might take a few years to come into fruition, it always does. These were sourced from "Ye Good Old Bay of "E's"."
And another large shipment from Harry J. Epstein. Thanks Jori. Pleasure to talk with you on the phone for a bit. Dollies, picks, hammers, files & rasps, and I can always use some hard handled, square shanked pry ba...I mean screwdrivers.
I also picked up o e of those thin jawed TOP adjustable wrenches feom HJE as well. For a tool of such vintage origin, I am glad that so many folks still use them and inovate on the original design. They are versatile.
That's all folks. Gotta go open up the packages for next weeks post haha.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend.
LeeG
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More Martin stuff from HJE, plus a Koken 3/8” driver.
jeffmoss26
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Made in the USA in the city of China i guess
I’m surprised at ya squankum, you forgot to mention he needs a metric set too. Gezz
Damn John, you’ve been amassing a hell of a collection of body tools. Wuz up bud. You going pro or what?A few offerings from PIPE VISE based on my brothers's recommendation. I could've used that bottom surface usable version a few years back. Having to clamp the mounting base of a small table vise to a table, instead of using this tools layout to my advantage *****. Way easier to let the tool help you than to have to fight it.
A few more Martin and Fairmont offerings to round out the growing metal bodywork selection. I buy this stuff based on a hunch that it'll expand my repertoire of skills and though it might take a few years to come into fruition, it always does. These were sourced from "Ye Good Old Bay of "E's"."
And another large shipment from Harry J. Epstein. Thanks Jori. Pleasure to talk with you on the phone for a bit. Dollies, picks, hammers, files & rasps, and I can always use some hard handled, square shanked pry ba...I mean screwdrivers.
I also picked up o e of those thin jawed TOP adjustable wrenches feom HJE as well. For a tool of such vintage origin, I am glad that so many folks still use them and inovate on the original design. They are versatile.
That's all folks. Gotta go open up the packages for next weeks post haha.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend.
Jarhead0408
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Haha. No plans to at the moment Cam.Damn John, you’ve been amassing a hell of a collection of body tools. Wuz up bud. You going pro or what?
I've had a mental checklist of auto repair skills for the last 20 years roughly. As time goes on I've tried to become equipped for, and proficient at them bit by bit. Autobody is one of the areas I've wanted to learn, but regular repairs have always been more critical in order to keep our small fleet going; and the costs in outfitting with better than average tools and parts meant that I couldn't expand in other facets of auto repair.
But the HJE sale of Martin hammers and dollies means two things... First, that the total cost to outfit myself drops dramatically. And secondly, now that Martin is out of business, the chances of finding a majority of their offering all in one place...and especially at a lower price, are not likely to occur again. Ever. So this wasn't budgeted or planned for, but I've got a job that pays well enough that I could swing something like this every so often, so I jumped on the opportunity to grow an additional skill-set. Painting, welding, and fabrication are on the list as well and I hope to do a deep dive on them someday as well.
I warned my wife a few years back that while my tool buying might be decreasing, the expense of those tools that did get purchased would likely be a lot higher. So far I've been right haha!
Hope you are doing well on your end.
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four.cycle
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You guys are killin' it with the Martin stuff!
cody1325
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I bought my workbench and a few other items Friday. Still haven't gotten the photos taken, but minus a return of $60 in 3/8 impact sockets (bought them for the Hyper Tough 12V impact; but my WM was out), it, the Doyle Hawkbill, and a pair of pruning shears only cost me about $55.
I've got several myself. While I tend to have DOEs in portable kits in sizes I use a lot; adjustables handle the bulk, and there's always one in my pocket (4" Crescent and/or Pliers Wrench). I think 80% are vintage Crescent, and other than Irega-sourced, I haven't found any that are as good--Urrea are OK; but that sole Proto I've got (J706 Taiwan) is really bad.
My best one is an old P&C; I'm thinking from the '50s.
